Officials: At least 3 hurt in NH avalanche

Warning issued Thursday

Authorities say at least three people have been injured in an avalanche on New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Our sister station, WMUR-TV, reports that ambulance crews from several towns responded to the avalanche on Tuckerman Ravine Thursday evening. The extent of the victims' injuries was not immediately known.

The Mount Washington Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning earlier in the day.

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